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Gold/Mining/Energy : Nuvo Network Management NNM:Alberta -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: caveat who wrote (572)	12/5/2000 9:23:18 AM
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$$$NEWS!!! Attention Business/Financial Editors: Nuvo Appoints US VP Sales and Opens Chicago Office OTTAWA, ON, Dec. 5 /CNW/ - Nuvo Network Management Inc. (CDNX:NNM), today announced the appointment of Jon Toops as Vice President, Sales - United States, to be based in the Company's new US headquarters in Oakbrook, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. In his new position, Mr. Toops will be responsible for spearheading Nuvo's US strategy, including the rapid recruitment and management of senior regional sales teams, managing key channel partner relationships and achieving the aggressive US sales targets. Mr. Toops comes to Nuvo with 22 years of successful senior sales, operations and management experience in the telecommunications and IT services industries. In particular, Mr. Toops spent 17 years at Ameritech, a major US RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company). His responsibilities spanned sales, operations and marketing, culminating in his overseeing the sales and service operations of one of Ameritech's largest commercial business units, Enhanced Business Services with over US$1.7 billion in annual revenues. Mr. Toops also served as Chief Operating Officer for N2N Solutions, a Chicago-based internetworking and security services firm and for Spirian Technologies, a Chicago-based Management Services Provider (MSP). "Nuvo's US deal flow and key opportunities are ramping up", said Kevin Vachon, Nuvo Chairman, President and CEO. "With our US headquarters now in place, anchored by an individual with Jon's track record, I am excited with our growth prospects in this most strategic market." "Nuvo's exceptional track record in the delivery of mission critical network management services along with its international reputation for operational excellence, represented a huge attraction for me", said Jon Toops. "I am enthusiastic to execute Nuvo's US business plan while leveraging the Company's network management expertise to deliver best-of-breed services to the US market." About Nuvo ---------- Nuvo provides remote network management services to enterprises requiring mission-critical solutions for their complex network infrastructures. Employing over 100 industry professionals, Nuvo delivers web-enabled, end to end services for LAN/WAN-based networks and networks of the new Internet economy. Through channel partners including Cisco Systems, IBM, Sprint Canada and Netricom, Nuvo delivers services to Fortune 500 corporations and government departments located in Canada and the United States requiring global network management solutions. The Canadian Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the content of this press release %SEDAR: 00003630E -0- 12/05/2000 For further information: Raymond Kindiak, CFO & EVP, Corporate Development, Tel: (613) 721-6886, Ext. 112, e-mail: rkindiak@nuvo.com, www.nuvo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to Reports@CNW and have annual reports from participating Canadian corporations sent directly to your home or office. Reports@CNW is free to all investors and takes just a few minutes to setup. To inquire about company participation in Reports@CNW, contact Canada NewsWire at 1-800-413-2638 or reports@newswire.ca. Abonnez-vous à Rapports@CNW pour recevoir les rapports annuels des sociétés canadiennes participantes directement chez vous ou à votre bureau. Rapports@CNW est un service gratuit offert aux investisseurs, que l'on peut configurer en quelques minutes. Pour plus de renseignements sur la participation de votre société au service Rapports@CNW, communiquez avec Canada NewsWire au 1-800-413-2638 ou à l'adresse reports@newswire.ca. --------------------------------------------------------------------------